Hi there,
I just want to share my frustrating experience. I bought a new iPhone 17 Pro, and after migrating from my old iPhone 15 Pro, I found that iMessage doesn’t work on my mobile number. It gets stuck with a rotating wheel. I tried almost everything:
Nothing works. The iPhone is still showing an “unsuccessful activation” on iMessage. Nothing seems to work.
What is really strange is that my iPhone 15 Pro was running iOS 26, too, with no issues at all. The problem seems to occur when you install a new iPhone and migrate to that new device.
Anyone with the same problem? Looking around on Reddit, it seems to be a very common issue, and someone suggested that we probably need to wait for an update 26.0.1 that will come somewhere in the future.
I just want to share my frustrating experience. I bought a new iPhone 17 Pro, and after migrating from my old iPhone 15 Pro, I found that iMessage doesn’t work on my mobile number. It gets stuck with a rotating wheel. I tried almost everything:
- Turn off iMessage/FaceTime, remove the eSIM, restart the phone, and re-add the eSIM. Turn on iMessage/FaceTime.
- Reset network settings, turn off, turn on.
- Wait 24 hours (as per Apple support’s suggestion).
Nothing works. The iPhone is still showing an “unsuccessful activation” on iMessage. Nothing seems to work.
What is really strange is that my iPhone 15 Pro was running iOS 26, too, with no issues at all. The problem seems to occur when you install a new iPhone and migrate to that new device.
Anyone with the same problem? Looking around on Reddit, it seems to be a very common issue, and someone suggested that we probably need to wait for an update 26.0.1 that will come somewhere in the future.